By-pass receiver I just purchased a Sony STR DH800. Set up was easy. Can the TV be operated without the receiver being on, or does it have to be on at all times?
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no the receiver has to be on to get picture,to your tv. if you connect the player via HDMI to the back of receiver ,than from receiver to t.v.,the power on the receiver must be on to get picturenow the strdh810 you can have the power on the receiver off and still watch tv,the hdmi will passthru to the tv without the power of receiver being on
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I am looking to buy this receiver and wanted to know the same thing. Did you ever get an answer?
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ya..that's what I thought and I do have the cable box connected to the TV with component cables, connected to input 2 of TV, along with the HDMI output of the receiver connected to input 1 of TV.I had a Yamaha 465 that did allow the pass thru when the receiver was turned off. But I do like this SR707 alot better.....better sound, more power and more inputs.Bottom line.... no big deal.....
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Good Question! And one I didn't consider when purchasing this unit. The answer is: Apparently not. After getting your question I tried to see if my DVD would play through the Yamaha RX-V371 (with it off, or to say - in standby) to my HDTV. So the receiver does not appear have the pass-through feature. Turning on the receiver yielded both audio & video to my HDTV. Be advised that both the Yamaha unit and my HDTV are circa 2010, have been classified as "discontinued," and probably a feature (as well as others) no one thought about at the time. Note that I use HDMI cables between the Blu-ray player, to the receiver and to the HDTV (as well as an audio optical cable from the HDTV to the receiver). Because of the two-year span of advanced technical features, these units may not have all the features that have occured during that time. But if you can deal with the lack of the stand-by feature, the receiver is a good one otherwise, and at a good price. You might also pose your question to Yamaha (http://usa.yamaha.com)
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Does the receiver do HDMI pass through? SO even when turned off it's passing the signal through the receiver?
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I use a Roku, Apple TV, etc. and connect them all to the TV with an HDMI cable, then let the pass through to the receiver handle the rest. Just remember you can shut off the TV speakers and run surround only if you'd like. There's a button for that on the remote. In my case, I paired this with s 6500 series Samsung TV, so the remote can handle both, which is convenient. Great receiver / DVD unit for the money.
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Dear Tim:On my TV, I have to watch with the receiver on all the time - thus, through the surround system. I am not sure if getting an additional HDMI cable will allow you to watch TV normally without the receiver on. But the way I have mine set up I have to have the receiver on to watch TV.
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I bought a Sony STRDG920 receiver recently and I can confirm that it does turn itself on and off depending on the TV's state. Though it may depend on whether or not you have a Sony lcd tv connected to it. I'd test this out myself but the Sony Bravia is the only lcd tv I have!In case you wanted to know my setup consists of:- Sony STRDG920 Receiver- Sony Bravia XBR4 (40") - Cable tv is connected directly to the tuner. Sound output goes to the receiver.- Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray Player (HDMI)- Xbox360 (HDMI)- Nintendo Wii (Component)- Sony Playstation 2 (Component) I bought a Sony STRDG920 receiver recently and I can confirm that it does turn itself on and off depending on the TV's state. Though it may depend on whether or not you have a Sony lcd tv connected to it. I'd test this out myself but the Sony Bravia is the only lcd tv I have!In case you wanted to know my setup consists of:- Sony STRDG920 Receiver- Sony Bravia XBR4 (40") - Cable tv is connected directly to the tuner. Sound output goes to the receiver.- Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray Player (HDMI)- Xbox360 (HDMI)- Nintendo Wii (Component)- Sony... » Read More I bought a Sony STRDG920 receiver recently and I can confirm that it does turn itself on and off depending on the TV's state. Though it may depend on whether or not you have a Sony lcd tv connected to it. I'd test this out myself but the Sony Bravia is the only lcd tv I have!In case you wanted to know my setup consists of:- Sony STRDG920 Receiver- Sony Bravia XBR4 (40") - Cable tv is connected directly to the tuner. Sound output goes to the receiver.- Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray Player (HDMI)- Xbox360 (HDMI)- Nintendo Wii (Component)- Sony Playstation 2 (Component) « Show Less
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It is possible to connect the cable box to the receiver HDMI port, connect the receiver to the TV and listen to the sound through the TV speakers. It WILL pass through the audio provided there is power to the receiver. The receiver does not have to be on as it would then play through the surround speakers rather than the TV speaker. Within the menus there is a pass-through option. Receiver, Setup, HDMI Setup, HDMI Through (I select CBL/SAT here which corresponds with the HDMI input port for the cable box).
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According to the manual it does have pass-through, and I have seen the setting in the setup. I haven't tried it myself since I always use the receiver's speaker. I can say it's not enabled by default because I did try that. You can also select if you want it to cascade the off signal to other devices (for example, shut of the Blu-ray player when I shut off the receiver in that mode) It also requires the other device to be compatible with this.
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To get the apps to play out the receiver you need to run an audio signal from the tv to the receiver. The cable plays through the reciever because thats where the audio signal is generated. Since the tv apps sound is generated through the television it self you need too run an audio ouput from the tv to the reciever. I have mine hooked up this way. As far as the 3d goes I have no clue I only use the 3d with my ps3 and Iit automatically picks it up.
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If you want picture and sound with the receiver or the 607 turned off, you'll have to connect your source to the television and not use the receiver. HDMI pass through merely implies that the receiver does no processing of it's own on the signal, essentially acting as an HDMI switch. However, the vast majority of receivers must be powered in order to allow the digital signal through
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I send one output on the splitter to each of TV' and another to my home theater receiver. When I want to watch TV without turning on the receiver, I just turn on the TV. Another way to go is to use the RCA component outputs from your cable box and go to the RCA component inputs on your TV. Use that for TV watching when the receiver is off. Then run the HDMI from your cable box to the receiver for surround audio when you want it. That should give you the best of both worlds.
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I'm not familiar with the Sony BD and Yamaha receiver but I can't see why there would be any problems because if each of these two units operate on the internet separately, then the switcher box is connecting each unit separately to the internet and thus should be isolated as such. So, I hope this helps answer your question.
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Hi William, you can just turn on this Sony STR-DN850 using its supplied remote, and use the FM/AM feature. There is no need to turn on the TV on this feature. -Ely
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Thanks for your question. I believe that this unit needs to be on. It is a wonderful sounding receiver.
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Stephen G., I'm interested in connecting 2 receivers and switching between them. I have a modern home theater receiver (Yamaha RX-V477) and a vintage receiver (Realistic STA-76 circa 1975). Each one does some things better than the other and I want to easily switch between them depending on what I want to do (like play vinyl on the vintage) and watch movies on the home theater receiver. If you know of something that can do this, please let me know. Thanks.
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No need for additional receiver. It output video ntsc signal and as long as your TV can accept that you should be fine.